Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.93% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the gained 0.93%.

The best performers of the session on the were Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 7.61% or 291.00 points to trade at 4,116.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.15% or 42.00 points to end at 1,053.00 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.93% or 69.00 points to 1,826.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 7.91% or 260.00 points to trade at 3,025.00 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.34% or 150.00 points to end at 3,310.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 4.07% or 131.00 points to 3,089.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2417 to 1174 and 240 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.39% to 16.79.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.21 to $74.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.35 to hit $78.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1,994.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 133.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 144.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.03.